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Myrcia skeldingii

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(Redirected from Mason River myrtle) Extinct species of flowering plant

Myrcia skeldingii
Conservation status

Extinct (1972)  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Myrcia
Species: M. skeldingii
Binomial name
Myrcia skeldingii
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Myrcia skeldingii is an extinct species of plant in the family Myrtaceae that was endemic to a single location along the Mason River between Clarendon and Saint Ann Parishes, Jamaica. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Kelly, D.L. (1998). "Myrcia skeldingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33796A9805664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33796A9805664.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Myrcia skeldingii


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